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2025 ELA Annual Conference
Wed, February 26 @ 11:00 am EST - Fri, February 28 @ 4:30 pm EST
2025 Annual Conference
This year’s Annual Conference will take place February 26, 27 & 28, 2025, and will include both virtual and in-person attendance options.
Days 1 and 2 of the conference are fully virtual. Each day of virtual learning consists of a keynote presentation and three concurrent educational tracks.
Day 3 of the conference offers three separate in-person member meet-ups to build on the momentum from last year and continue expanding our community!
Registration and further details are available through Eventbrite. All sessions will be recorded and available for later viewing. CEU’s will be available and details will be shared here as they are finalized.
Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Visit our sponsorship page to learn more.
| Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | |||||
| 10:00am | Networking and QiqoChat Orientation | ||||
| 10:30am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | ||||
| 11:00am | Keynote: Kelly Norris, Your Natural Garden: Design and Stewardship in Living Landscapes approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
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| 12:20pm | Kate England, Boston’s Green Infrastructure Revolution
approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
Dan Raichel, Neonics, the Toxic Truth: The Pesticides Threatening Bees, Birds, and Our Health | Joy Cirigliano, HELP: Habitat and Ecosystem Land Pro – How to Monetize the Ecological Landscape Business Model
approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
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| 1:40pm | Jessica Brooks, P.E., Green City, Clean Waters – Incorporating Green Infrastructure into an Urban Environment | Robyn Elman, Monarch Butterflies & Their Habitat: Engaging Public and Local Government in Habitat Protection & Policy
approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
Monique Allen, How to build and improve team dynamics for better productivity | ||
| 3:00pm | Marie Chieppo, Redesigning the Future of Plastic Plant Containers | Sara Weaner Cooper, An Organic Lawn-to-Meadow Conversion & Shifting Mindsets: “Oh, You’re the Meadow House!”
approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
Dan Mabe, AGZA Green Zone Certification | ||
| 4:00pm | CEU’s and Networking | ||||
| Thursday, February 27, 2025 | |||||
| 10:30am | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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| 11:00am | Ethan Kauffman, Celebrating the Diversity of Native Plants at Stoneleigh | Jason Duverney-Gaspar, Horticulture NYC: Learning, Growing and Practicing Horticulture in Community
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Nick Brazee, Beech Leaf Disease in Massachusetts: From Bad to Worse | ||
| 12:20pm | Barbara Conolly, The Seven Pillars of Sustainable Landscape Design
approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
John Odell, Worcester Miyawaki Forests and CoolPockets Project | Theresa Culley, The Role of Public Gardens in Identifying New Potential Invasive Plants in Our Landscape
approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
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| 1:40pm | Michael Guidi, Shrouded in Light: Naturalistic Planting Inspired by Wild Shrublands
approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
Ben Futa, Local & Independent: Cultivating Community in a Neighborhood Public Garden
approved for 1 LA CES CEU |
Gregg Tepper, Nature’s Sanctuary: IPM Lessons Learned and Tips for Effective Stewardship
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| 3:00pm | Keynote: Banu Subramanian, For the Love of Plants
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| 4:00pm | CEU’s and Networking | ||||
| Friday, February 28, 2025 | |||||
| 10:00am – 12:00pm | New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill 11 French Dr. Boylston, MA 01505 |
Speaker: Nick Novick, So, you want to make a meadow: Creating and managing native-plant meadows, and why they matter | |||
| Refreshments and admission to the garden, including Pixels & Petals, an Orchid Exhibition, are included with registration | |||||
| 10:00am – 12:00pm | Cape Cod Museum of Natural History 869 Main Street (Route 6A) Brewster, MA 02631 |
Speakers: Tim Boland, Conserving North America’s Rare Trees & Adam Kohl, You Are What You Eat: Insect-Plant Relationships |
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| Refreshments and admission to the museum are included with registration | |||||
| 10:00am – 12:00pm | Stoneleigh: a Natural Garden 1829 East County Line Road Villanova, PA 19085 |
Speaker: Ethan Kauffman, Introduction to Stoneleigh: a Natural Garden | |||
| Refreshments and admission to the garden and house are included with registration | |||||
